In a vacuum, I love the idea of using tent pole films as a platform to create a shared universe that connects multiple characters who anchor their own individual series.

Universal’s “Dark Universe” isn’t a bad idea because The Mummy was awful. If the Mummy were stellar, people would be anxious to see the next chapter in that world.

Marvel has successfully proven the viability of the model, but that’s because they’ve largely made good movies that appeal across the board.

I love the idea of creating and connecting film versions of multiple Hasbro properties.

The problem is that this is paramount and they’ve found the magic formula for creating terrible movies that make gobs of cash that allows them to make more terrible movies that make more gobs of cash.